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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
2
A Rock Island California Limited wreck near Trenton Iowa kills three people including an unidentified woman and a Kan. resident, injures at least forty three with several seriously burned. Fire spreads through the cars as passengers flee and rescue efforts save many others.
In Guthrie Oklahoma on January, two men were shot and killed during a bank robbery attempt in Harrah. One wounded suspect, J B Dillbeck, was captured and confessed that he and others robbed several banks recently. Frank Quigg, a ball player, was identified among the dead, and Frank Carpenter is the other fatal robber. United States Marshal Jack Abernathey led the pursuit. two bandits escaped. Warrants issued for Pearl Rogers and Red Wilson who had left Oklahoma City for Harrah.
Rev. William Bayard Hale, former rector of the Church of Our Saviour in Midlifeboro Massachusetts, withdrew from the Episcopal clergy and was deposed by Bishop Whittaker of Pennsylvania. Hale, a noted writer and former Public Ledger editor, had prepared a significant but unpublished interview with Emperor William of Germany.
Rev. Richard C. Grogan, an elderly Catholic priest from West Hartford Conn, shot himself in the head at the Grand Union hotel New York. Attendants were admitted by the priest who said he had a brain storm and sought to end his life. He offered no motive and expected to recover.
A.C. Ridgeway, former Denver Rio Grande general manager, is appointed second vice president of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. He will oversee shipment and construction with headquarters in Chicago.
The annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs notes tuberculosis at the head of the diseases affecting Indians. It cites efforts to eliminate the disease and reports 303 government schools operated in the past fiscal year, up 22. The report praises cooperation with Christian denominations and urges government employees to work with all religious bodies to combat proselyting dangers.
Ray Lamphere, 38, who killed Mrs Belle Gunness and her child, died of tuberculosis in Michigan City penitentiary where he served an indeterminate term for arson. Lamphere set fire to the Gunness home near Laporte on April 28, 1908 and incinerated the family. He had worked for Gunness on the farm and helped uncover bodies of murdered associates. He may have known the details of Gunness’ crimes and was angered by her.
Cashier William Dobson told Chief Mains of Ontario police he, with two accomplices, planned and carried out a November robbery in Niagara Falls. About $14,000 destined for Toronto banks was stolen after a sensational hold up. Dobson’s head was injured with a lead pipe during the incident. Awaiting arrest are Parl Whistler, an express messenger, and Charles J. Flynn formerly of New York City who moved to the Falls two years ago and opened a saloon.
Washington reports the American Federation of Labor mobilizes its 1,640,000 members to fund a campaign against the steel trust. A $154,000 immediate contribution is sought, with the trust labeled a violator of laws and hostile to labor and the country. Further solicitations will follow as the fight develops.
Oklahoma officials disclose intolerable conditions at the Fort Supply state insane asylum. A special report by Kate Barnard to Governor Haskell cites lack of heating, negligence by the superintendent, unsanitary conditions, untrained staff, and patient ill treatment.
Big Four train No. 18 the Knickerbocker limited derailed near Ansonia Ohio after striking a defective switch. Engineer John Myera of Bellefontaine and a fireman were killed. None of the passengers were hurt. The engine left the track at Dawn four miles from Ansonia and plunged through a freight car to the station. The mail car was damaged by fire.
Washington Jan 1 Attorney General Wickersham presents a 268 page brief to the U S Supreme Court arguing the dissolution order against the tobacco trust is too narrow and should extend to foreign companies in the government case set for next week.
John J Murphy longtime buyer for Cudahy Packing in Sioux City Iowa died after a long illness. He was known among stockmen across the northwest and had been with Cudahy for many years.
In Cairo on January 3 Harry Smith a frontworker who recently arrived from Chicago was shot and killed by John Mitchel. Both men fired in a house following a dispute said to involve Mitchel's daughter.
Twelve men missing since Thanksgiving when the British schooner Johanna sank 150 miles from the Delaware breakwater were believed lost after survivors in a lifeboat reunited with the Korona at St Thomas. Captain Nickerson reported the Johanna sailed from the Philippines, grew unseaworthy in heavy weather, and broke apart with another lifeboat missing.
Spencer Trask head of a New York banker firm and longtime financial agent for Queen Victoria died in a rear compartment crash on a line near Croton New York. The rear car was struck after the train halted by a heavy freight that damaged the sleeping car ahead, officials cited no clear explanation.
In the Irish Channel the British steamers Ayrshire bound for Durban and Arcadia bound for Glasgow collided. Arcadia sank in five minutes. twelve Lascars drowned after returning for wages. Ayrshire with 200 passengers was badly damaged but towed to Holyhead by tugs.
A dense fog over Indianapolis and nearby areas is blamed for several traction wrecks. A head on collision between two limited interurban cars on the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern line near Greenfield left four persons probably fatally injured.
Charles W. Morse former banker left New York in U S Marshal custody for Atlanta to begin a fifteen year federal prison term after conviction for violation of federal banking laws.
Ice gorges in the Mississippi river broke causing about 50 000 dollars in damage to the levee in St Louis. The floating ice swept away anything in its path amid the late advance of ice.
Pittsburg January 3 Winfield Gibson aged 48 of Munhall suburb shot and killed his wife seriously wounded a son and fired at a daughter before killing himself. The incident follows an apparent family conflict with the gunfire ending in multiple deaths.
A blaze gutted the customs tobacco stores in Alexandria Egypt destroying tobacco valued at five million dollars and causing about one million six hundred thousand dollars in damage. The fire was reported on January 3.
William J. Bryan reaches Colon on the steamer Magdalen and plans a trip to Panama, landing January 2 in the entry port.
Notice to creditors of Watson estate that a county court in Alliance will hear claims on the sixth day of December. Creditors shown must present their claims and support by that date for adjudication and allowance. The notice is dated December 1 and signed by county officials.
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